Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball

Royals Bite Lady Bobcats, 68-52

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Colette Montgomery scored 17 points and came
one rebound shy of a double-double as the Lees-McRae College Lady
Bobcats women's basketball team fell to the Queens University
Royals, 68-52, Thursday night in a Conference Carolinas game.

Queens came out and took a 5-0 lead, but a three by Lauren Casey
followed by a layup by Montgomery tied the game at five with 17:22
remaining in the half. At the 13 minute mark, a Montgomery layup
tied the game at 12, but Queens' Jacquia Winstead responded with a
bucket to give Royals the lead for good. Winstead's points sparked
a 12-0 run by Queens to take a 24-12 lead with 10:31 on the clock.
Three minutes later, the Lady Bobcats cut the lead to six, 24-18,
on a Jazzmin Tate Field goal, but again the Royals responded this
time with a 7-0 run to push the lead back to double-digits, 31-18.
Queens took their lead to 15, 35-20, with 2:27 left, but Lees-McRae
closed the gap to 37-27 at the half.

After the half, Queens had the lead to 16 points, 45-29, with
just over 15 minutes to play and again at the 8:53 mark 53-37. The
Royals took their largest lead of the game of 22 points, 64-42,
with 3:39 on clock, but the Lady Bobcats finished the game on a 6-0
run to give the game the final score of 68-52.

Lees-McRae was 37 percent from the floor and 33 percent from
three, while Queens was 39 percent from the floor and 30 percent
from three. The Royals hit 88 percent of their free throws,
15-of-17, compared to the Lady Bobcats 57 percent, 8-of-14.

Montgomery, who was 7-of-13 overall and 3-of-4 from the free
throw line, was the only Lady Bobcat in double-digits with her 17
points and her nine rebounds was a team-high. Casey and Jessica
Blair had eight points apiece. Casey also had a team-high three
assists and two steals.